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Middleton arts committee confronts new city volunteer background-check rule while planning Art Walk 2025
Summary
City staff told the arts committee HR now requires background checks for volunteers at events where children may be present; the committee discussed costs (~$8 per check), timing (24–48 hours), the need for a secure volunteer form and a centralized volunteer pool, and assigned staff follow-up with HR and web/IT.
MIDDLETON — As the Middleton Arts Committee mapped out Art Walk 2025, staff told members that a recent human-resources directive requires background checks for volunteers at events where children may be present, a change that will affect volunteer recruitment and logistics.
Abby Atune, the city’s director of planning and community development and staff liaison to the committee, told members that human resources has directed that ‘‘everybody has to be background checked now’’ for events involving children. She said the checks cost roughly $8 each but that the city planned to pay…
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